Composite grid grill



y 7, 1938. H. STUDER 2,117,749

COMPOSITE GRID GRILL Filed Sept. 14, 1937 H I: {I I 'll [I hue/120i Fatented May 17, 1938 2,117,749

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COMPOSITE GRID GRILL Henri Studer, Zurich, Switzerland Application September 14, 1937, Serial No. 163,818 In Switzerland September 19, 1936 3 Claims. 53--5) My invention relates to improvements in cookgood contact of the elements I with the electric ing grills of the composite or grid type, espeheating plate is obtained, which is very imporcially for use in connection with electric ranges tant for electric cooking. or heating plates; and the objects of my im- The run-ofi gutters 8 conduct any drippings provement are, first, to provide means for adaptfrom the food being grilled to the front collecting the said grill to irregularities in the surface ing trough 9. For this purpose the said gutters of the range or plate; second, to alford means are put on a downward grade from the rear to for eliminating any warping of the grill on acthe front of the grill. The said legs 3 for this count of local heat differences; and third, to afpurpose are provided with top recesses of dif ford facilities for a quick and easy cleaning of ferent depth in which the said gutters rest. 10 the grill. The elements I are readily and easily cleaned I attain these objects by the grid grill illusby removing the grip 6 and taking them off the trated in the accompanying drawing, in whichlegs 3. Trough 9 and gutters 8 may readily be Fig. l is a vertical transverse section of the drawn forward and, after cleaning, slid back grill; in again. 15

Fig. 2, a vertical longitudinal section between The said gutters 8 also could be put on a grade two elements of the grill; and by providing holes 2 in the web of the elements Fig. 3, a simplified horizontal section with du- I at diiTerent heights above the bottom flanges plicate portions merely suggested; the cutting of the latter. plane lying above the cross bars. What I claim and desire to secure by Letters 20 The grill elements I are I-shaped in section, Patent is: are made of cast iron and possess a curved top 1. A composite grid grill, especially for use in and a straight, wide bottom flange. When in use, connection with electric cooking, comprising a the grill rests on an electric heating plate which plurality of longitudinal cast-iron I-shaped gridis not shown in the drawing. Each element I elements, detachable cross bars for holding to- 25 is provided with two oval apertures 2 for the purgether the said elements, oval apertures in the pose of forming a grid by inserting the two legs web of the said elements for permitting the latter 3 of a U-shaped handle bar 4. The left-hand to drop and rise relative to one another, and outside element I is abutting against the shoulmeans for collecting the drippings oh the food der 5 of the said leg 3; these shoulders also may being grilled. 30

be Welded to the web of the said outside element. 2. A composite grid grill, flexible in a crosswise The right-hand outside element I abuts against direction, according to claim 1; the said collectthe shoulders of the stepped-down and threaded ing means comprising a trough extending over ends of the said legs 3. The latter also receive the front of the grill, a plurality of gutters each the inwardly bent ends of the individual rightextending longitudinally between a pair of the 3 hand grip 6. Wing nuts I lock the said rightsaid elements, and means for putting the said hand element I, the legs 3 and the grip 6 in place. gutters on a grade from the rear to the front so With the grip 6 removed, the said grid eleas to direct the drippings oiT the food being ments I may be aligned upon the legs 3; a small grilled toward the said trough.

gap between any two of the said elements I is 3. A composite grid grillof the character de- 40 to be left in order to let the hot gases rise upscribed-according to claim 1, the said collectwardly and in order to allow the elements. I to ing means comprising a transversal front trough adapt themselves, relative to one another, to an and longitudinal gutters, and circular depresuneven or warped electric heating plate. This sions on the top of the said cross bars for the adjusting movement of the elements I is facilipurpose of putting the said gutters onto a grade 5 tated by the said oval openings 2 which allow downward and forward into the said trough. the said legs 3 to drop and rise. In this way a HENRI STUDER. 

